Monday, May 3, 2010

TRAILER TRASH: John Carpenter Edition!

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On an unrelated note, since I didn't have an opportunity to do a "Random Ramblings" post this week, I just wanted to point you in the direction of a few quick items of interest. Last week I had the pleasure of taking part in Count Vardulon & The Divemistress' epic podcast, TheAvod, and I encourage everyone to go take a listen. We had a ball painstakingly dissecting each and every Nightmare on Elm Street movie, so go take a listen! Also, yesterday I had the pleasure of contributing to a most excellent post at Day of the Woman chronicling the top 15 worst locations to move to (Haddonfield, Springwood, you get the joke...) And speaking of Day of the Woman, you should also head over to read the most excellent interview conducted at Strange Kids Club with DotW mistress and VoH associate BJ-C!

1-The Thing, The Thing, The THING! God, I love Kurt Russell...2-Escape From New York-ditto...3-Halloween-ditto Jamie Lee and Nancy loomis... 4-The Fog-ditto plus Adrienne Barbeau...5-They Live-Rowdy Roddy Piper and Meg Foster's spooky, spooky eyes...But yes, how 'bout Starman? JeffmotherfuckingBridges and Karen Allen?Sigh...I need to get some super-duper, expanded, perfected director's cut of The Thing. I bought the Special Edition of Escape From New York for my bud's B'day and seriously, it reminded me, in this time of lame remakes, why I love great films.

Which horror film *should* be remade?

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I've been fascinated with horror ever since my parents let me watch The Exorcist at 8 years old (what were they thinking??) and I ran up to my bed screaming when Linda Blair's eyes rolled into the back of her head.Although it often gets a bad rap from "mainstream" critics and audiences alike, horror has often been the most creative and vibrant movie genre of all, from Nosferatu to Saw. Some of the finest motion pictures ever made are part of the horror genre, including Frankenstein, Psycho, The Shining and my personal all-time favorite, George Romero's Dawn of the Dead.This blog is the culmination of my 25-year love affair with all things blood and guts--so check back here often for news and opinion on the world of horror. And remember...